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Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
a Poignant story is always...
Genuinely engaging
Emotionally moving
Mentally challenging
Extremely depressing
A person with a wizened face is likely to be...
cheerful
old
plump
pretty
Why can’t the speaker see “the red buffalo painted on his chest” ?
The buffalo represents the father’s heritage that is buried beneath the surface of his modern life.
The father has never discussed the significance of the buffalo hunt with his family.
The speaker does not want to embarrass the father by asking to see the red buffalo.
The speaker is too young to understand the traditional values that are important to the father.
Which statement best expresses the theme of “Without Title”?
It is impossible to appreciate food unless one has experienced hunting.
Human beings are more like animals than modern society allows us to see.
Life in a city can be fulfilling, but only if one is willing to forget the past.
Connections to one’s cultural heritage and to nature give meaning to life.
What human trait does Shirley Jackson criticize in this"The Lottery"?
arrogance
curiosity
conformity
greed
In "What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?", Sergei is reluctant to use his third wish because he ...
doesn’t want to set the goldfish free
thinks there is something he’ll want more in the future.
can’t decide what to use the wish for.
doesn’t want to reveal that the goldfish is really a magic fish.
In "What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?", why does Sergei Goralick dislike "strangers banging on his door"?
His baby is a light sleeper and wakes up crying.
It brings back bad memories of life in Russia.
He works nights and sleeps during the day.
It interrupts his thoughts when he is trying to write
Which word has a negative connotation?
stench
smell
Which phrase has negative connotation?
a box filled with documents
a box crammed with documents
Which phrase has a more positive connotation?
a peculiar object
a unique object
a strange object
Which phrase has a negative connotation?
a stingy person
a thrifty person
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.
My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ______________.
thrifty
stingy
miserly
selfish
The dictionary definition refers to
denotation
connotation
synonym
antonym
glossary
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
What is the central theme of this poem?
What is the theme?
What is the theme?
The "S" in STEAL is for the character's...
Speech
Slurs
Slouch
The "T" in STEAL is for the character's...
toughness
thoughts
techniques
The "E" in STEAL is for the character's...
emotions
effects on others
effort
The "L" in STEAL is for the character's...
likeability
looks
listening skills
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best as I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. (Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado")
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine.
(Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey)
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the 23rd of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night.
(Bret Harte, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat")
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
(Charles Dickens, David Copperfield)
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
I got another barber that comes over from Carterville and helps me out Saturdays, but the rest of the time I can get along all right alone. (Ring Lardner, "The Haircut")
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
The schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry.
(Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure)
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
The Boys' and Girls' Club is noisy and crowded, especially after 4:00 in the afternoon. James is usually there. He is always worrying about how he looks and constantly fusses with his hair. Of all the boys, he tries hardest to impress the girls. Brian and Juan come at least twice a week. They usually shoot pool or go swimming. Jessica shows up every now and then and heads straight for the basketball court.
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
Jerod and Krista stood contemplating the stack of sales records to be compiled before they could call it quits for the day. Neither wanted to work late; that was understandable. But Jerod liked to ease back and let Krista assume the real burden. He hoped she'd make quick work of it tonight. Little did he know that Krista resented his mere presence. "Lazy rat," she thought. "He doesn't even know how to enter the basic data." Her stomach growled.
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
What is the Paragraph foreshadowing?
Usually fire met civilization but as the ship approached the red glow, The Argonauts weren't so sure. They heard deep voices shouting from the shore, but the fog muffled the sound so badly it was impossible to tell whether the voices were even human.
The Argonauts saw fire so they thought they saw humans
The fog muffled the voices, so they thought they just had the first close encounter with aliens in history.
The voices were not human at all and they are in danger.
The voices are not human and are friendly voices
Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?
When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.
It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.
After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.
Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!
1. What does the following passage from “Lob’s Girl” foreshadow?
The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.
A. Lob will travel many miles to find Sandy.
B. An accident will happen on the hill.
C. Lob will hike up the hill with Sandy.
D. A person will be hurt.
What is the foreshadowing in this passage?
It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.
A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.
B)That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.
C)They were about to eat breakfast.
D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!"
Which sentence is an example of foreshadowing?
Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother.
Now get along!
Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day
